Griggs courier., 1887-07-22

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II a row boat containing five mon ~ ". DAP
lsised Tuesday afternoon, mile from Bcs
ton harbor, and all were drowned. S
Three midshipmen Of British war ship,
whtle sailing in . bo4t IN . heavy 80 near
= sas,a,lifax, I, Sunday evening were swamped...
The Norris Geyser hotel, at Mammoth Hot
Springs, Wyo., having accommoda dations for
8 0guests. burned on the 18th. Loss S6O, 900,
insurance $4,000. q
At Baltimore, Md, the Maryland Hoin-
my and Ceraline mill, and thres wheat
warehouses Of the Gambrill manufacturing
company burned. Loss $500, 200. y. g
The photograph material house Of e. &
81. 7. Anthony, New York city, the oldest
house in that line in the United States was
damaged elOO, 600, by fire on the 18th.
Five boys, from IL to IS years Ct age, mono
OF whom could swim, went bathing in the
Delaware river ct Port Richmond, near
Philadelphia, on the l2th. They got into
deep water In swift current and three
were drowned. .s, I'd y9 W t,- S
At Montreal, Canada, on the 18th, the st.
Lawrence sugar refinery, seven story
brick building, burned. Loss S6OO.O0O, in
surance 424O,i 90. One man was killed and
several injured by falling walls, 400 men
are thrown oxt OF work. III ,Ys.5s
The soap. factory and lard refining oil
works Of N. K. Fairbanks & Co., Chicago,
burned on the 18th, loss $4,000. The fire
was stopped when this property had burned.
lf the remainder of the plant had burned,
the loss would have exceeded million dol
lars. sBsrsa ,.4ss Z r..
While burial party were in the cemetery
at Mount Pleasant, Tenn, Tuesday after
noon for the burial Of Harriet Terry colored,
q thunder storm came up and nine OF the
company sought shelter under an oak tree.
The tree was struck by lightning and the
nine persons were instantly killed.
st two O'Clock Tuesday morning, W. A.
Garner, residing at Royal Center, Ind, was
awakensd sanal aly 6y some one one cropping aronnd the
thought it was a burglar and he fired at It.
The body fell: When he got . light he
found that he had shot his wife and she was
dead.
Later reports from st. Thomas, Ont, show
that the total number Of casualties arising
from the r. r. collision and burning of cars
at the Grand Trunk and Michigan Central
crossing is fully Il 0 injured and 10 deaths.
The damage 70 property by fire and other
wis., reaches O,OOO.
A row boat containing four men was run
down by the steamer City Of Mackinaw in
the river at Detroit, Mich, Saturday even
ing. Four were similarly drowned in tho
Hudson river the same evening. being run
down and their boat wrecked BY the Eliza
Hancock, an excursion steamer.
At the fire raging in the Otto coal mine at
Pottsville, Pa. Eddie Ferguson, son Of the out
side boss, the lad who first discovered thefire
met an awful death Tuesday afternoon. He
had brought his fathers dinner to him, and
In crossing the floor Of the engine room the
charred boards gave way and the boy was
precipitated into the burning mine. The
recovery of his body was impossible.
The Center House, large summer hotel
at Center Harbor, on Lake Winnepesaukee,
New Hampshire, burned Saturday evening.
Loss, $26tOO. Several guests lost clothing
and jewelrv. The Mountain house was also
badly damaged, and at one time five busi-
ness blocks were on fire, the entire town
being threatened Assistance from neigh
boring towns was received in time, howev-
er, and the flames were stayed.
Two Poles and one Hungarian were scald-
ed to death with molten metal while pour
ing hot iron into mold at the Union Steel
works, Chicago on the 10Th. The white hot
metal was expelled from the mold in a
shower and drenched the unfortunate men
in the most agonizing manner. The mold
had been freshly plastered and not being
dry the contact Of the hot metal had the
effect Of boiler explosion.
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